Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark Rabiner wrote: > > I thought Xtol could make ANY film look good but perhaps that is the exception. When I first started doing b+w I took the old advice to stick to one film and developer. I chose HP5+ and Xtol. I used it for a few months...and not knowing any better, figured my printing techniques were off. Then one day I ran a roll of Tri-x through Xtol - I was floored. Wow! People have nice skin! Woo hoo! > Personally I've never been able to get good results from HP5 or HP4 from ANY developer. Same here. D-76 looks ok...a friend of mine is trying Ilfosol-S with the HP5+ I didn't want anymore. I've been using Tri-X, but lately experimenting with the new D400 which seems really nice so far. tv